diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 7353f33c082c2..a555567594418 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -279,10 +279,11 @@ static noinline int join_transaction(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
 
 	/*
-	 * If we are ATTACH, we just want to catch the current transaction,
-	 * and commit it. If there is no transaction, just return ENOENT.
+	 * If we are ATTACH or TRANS_JOIN_NOSTART, we just want to catch the
+	 * current transaction, and commit it. If there is no transaction, just
+	 * return ENOENT.
 	 */
-	if (type == TRANS_ATTACH)
+	if (type == TRANS_ATTACH || type == TRANS_JOIN_NOSTART)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	/*